For decades, while the Southeastern Conference often set the standard in college football, the Atlantic Coast Conference served that function in men’s basketball. No more.
For most of the past half-century, at the end of March in any given year, a college basketball coach would have a pretty clear picture of his roster for the following season.
This unique approach to the Big Bracket blends art and science. It leaves plenty of room, within its boundaries, for you to exercise your personal prognostication freedom. While far from perfect, it has a proven track record.
Here are four huge questions surrounding the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, which is being contested Tuesday through Saturday at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte
In the modern history of the Carolina-Duke men’s basketball rivalry, going back to the 1980-81 season, there have been 27 games where the teams entered the matchup with truly lopsided reputations.
This week’s headlines about North Carolina coach Hubert Davis’ contract extension arrived with extraordinarily odd timing. Davis is in serious jeopardy of missing the NCAA Tournament for the second time in his four seasons as the Tar Heels’ head coach.
Just two days after Duke’s 87-70 annihilation of UNC in Durham last Saturday, embattled Carolina coach Hubert Davis took the extraordinary step of admitting publicly that the Tar Heels’ current approach to men’s basketball is obsolete.